Joe Gomez has been named the new England Under-21 captain, a move that has put a gloss on his outstanding start to the season.
The Liverpool defender has put 18 months of injury misery behind him by appearing in three of his side’s first five matches; he helped them keep back-to-back clean sheets in the Premier League and was Man-of-the-Match in Sunday’s 4-0 drubbing of Arsenal.
He has proven conclusively he is over the problems that stemmed from rupturing his cruciate ligament playing for the Under-21s against Kazakhstan in October 2015 and his decision to forego a place at this summer’s... read more

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